Indoor ski slope

Ski slope in Ski Dubai

Indoor ski slopes are found in several countries, proving a climate controlled environment can be maintained in which snow can be manufactured using a snow cannon, enabling skiing and snowboarding to take place year-round.

Notable mentions

The world's largest indoor ski area is SnowWorld, Landgraaf, Netherlands^{[citation needed]} (opened 2001) with a total of 35,000 m² of snow. In 2003, the first indoor snowboard FIS WorldCup contest was held in SnowWorld Landgraaf.

The world's longest indoor slope with 640 m is in the AlpinCenter in Bottrop/Germany and the world's first indoor black diamond (difficulty rating) with a 31 percent grade is in the SnowFunPark in Wittenburg/Germany.

In November 2007 Chill Factore designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects opened in Manchester, UK making it the worlds widest slope at 100m at the bottom.^{[citation needed]}

In autumn 2009 construction started on a fourth 300 metre ski slope at SnowWorld, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.^{[citation needed]}

Indoor ski slope locations

An incomplete list of operating indoor ski slopes in the world:

Country	City/Region	Facility	Length
Hyderbad	Snow World		Australia	Melbourne	SkiCity	Endless[*]
Belgium	's Gravenwezel, Schilde (Antwerp)	Casablanca
	Comines	Ice mountain	210 m
	Peer	Snow Valley	235 m
China	Shanghai	Shanghai Yinqixing Indoor Skiing Site	380 m
	Shenzhen	Window of the World Indoor Skiing Site
	Beijing	QbSki
France	Amnéville (Lorraine)	Snowhall	620 m
Germany	Bispingen	SnowDome Bispingen	300 m
	Bottrop	AlpinCenter Bottrop	640 m
	Neuss	Jever Skihalle	300 m
	Senftenberg	Snowtropolis	130 m
	Wittenburg	AlpinCenter Wittenburg	330 m
Japan	Fukuoka	Big Air Fukuoka
	Hashima	Snova Hashima
	Kawasaki	Snova Mizonokuchi
	Ryūgasaki	Kamui Ryūgasaki Snowboard Park
	Sayama	Sayama Ski Area	320 m
	Tōon	Across Shigenobu
	Yokohama	Snova Shinyokohama
Lithuania	Druskininkai	SNORAS Snow Arena	460 m
Netherlands	The Hague	Snowdome (Uithof)	211 m
	Landgraaf	Snowworld	520 m
	Rucphen	Ski Dome	160 m
	Spaarnwoude	Snowplanet	230 m
	Zoetermeer	Snowworld	210 m
	Terneuzen	Snowbase	220 m
	Westerhoven	Montana Snowcenter	140 m
New Zealand	Auckland	Snowplanet	200 m
Poland	Rzyki, near Wadowice	Czarny groń	Endless[*]
Serbia	Belgrade	Skitrack Ada	Endless[*]
South Korea	Bucheon	TigerWorld - TigerWorld	170 m
Spain	Madrid	Madrid Xanadu - SnowZone	250 m
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Ski Dubai	400 m
United Kingdom	Braehead, Glasgow	SNO!zone	200 m
	Castleford, Yorkshire	SNO!zone	170 m
	Manchester	Chill Factore	180 m
	Milton Keynes	SNO!zone	170 m
	Tamworth	Snowdome	170 m
	Hemel Hempstead	The Snow Centre	160 m
Russia	Krasnogorsk, Moscow	Snej.com	400 m

[*]Ski simulator

Under Construction

• Bahrain - Ski Bahrain

• Belgium
  • Lessines - Snow Games

• Italy
  • Selvino - Neveland Ski (600 m)

• U.A.E
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Dubai: Dubai Snowdome in Dubailand

• United States
  • Nevada - Las Vegas
  • New Jersey - Meadowlands Xanadu
  • North Carolina - Westmoreland Ski Resort

Proposed

• theSnowPlex Toronto, Canada With three 410m slopes, theSnowPlex will be Canada's first indoor skiing and snowboarding centre. The facility will also be host to theXpark, outdoor slopes with an Olympic sized halfpipe. Indoor/outdoor features will include the likes of rock and ice-climbing walls, zip lining, treetop canopy tours, restaurants, a children's winter playground and much more.
• Leisure Dome (UK) Ltd in Weston-super-Mare, UK - a 210 m slope which would be the longest indoor slope in the UK
• Ski in the U.A.E. in Ras al-Khaimah a 2000 m slope is under consideration
• Ipswich, Suffolk, UK - SnOasis - 500 m slope with 100 m drop.
• Perth, Western Australia - West Coast Snowpark
• Finland, Helsinki; SuperLife Lab - indoor ski and surf center
• Seoul, Korea, Ski Trac.
• SnowWorld Zoetermeer, Netherlands Phase 3. A fourth 500 m slope with 50 m drop is proposed. Construction starts end 2007. Also including an Ice-skating stadium, restaurants, hotel and a children's winter playground village.
• SnowWorld Landgraaf, Netherlands Phase 3. A fourth slope, supposedly a small slope being added to accommodate more beginners.
• SnowWorld Barcelona, Spain A suggested copy of the SnowWorld Landgraaf concept. In the very first stages of development.
• The Falls at Lanier Highland Dawson County, Georgia (U.S. state) The Falls at Lanier Highland is a proposed 2,100,000-square-foot (200,000 m²) facility that includes a 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m²) indoor ski area.
• Goshen,NY-An indoor ski slope and water park.
• Mount Pegasus in Atlanta, Georgia
• peter glenn snowpark Tampa, florida
• Mal's World! Orlando, Florida

Closed

• Australia, Adelaide - Snowdome Adelaide, formerly known as Mt Thebarton (Closed June 2005; now only running as an ice-rink)
• Japan, Funabashi - SSAWS (Closed September 2002)
• Australia, Coffs Harbour - Aussie Snowdome

See also

• Artificial ski slopes
• Skiing and Ski Topics
• Ski Simulators
• Ski tunnel